Fastening-button.



No. 868391. PATENTED 601222, 1907 P. MAQGEBGOR. FASTENING BUTTUN,

APPLICATION FILED 3AN.29,1906.

avwwnto z l Maw WWW 4 struction of the button being PETER MACGREGOR, or

OTTAWA, ONil XRIO,

CANADA.

FASTENING-B UTTON.

N0. 868,791. Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 29, 1906- Serial lie. 298 552.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

'1'o all whom it may concern: Be itlmown that I, PETER MAoGsEeon, of the city of Ottawa, in the county of Carleton, Province of On- I tario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful l Improvements in I astening-lluttons, of which the following is a specification. I t My invention relates to improvements in fastening buttons and the objects of my invention are to provide a-device of this clas a listening string as a binding or closing means, the

such that when the string 1s wound around it, it will grip it and hold it firmly in position without slipping; and it consists essentially of the improved construction hereinafter more particularly described and specifically set forth in the accompanyiugelaims.

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a filing case with my improved fastcnii button applied thereto. Fig. 2 shows a sectional view through my improved fasteiv ing button. Fig. 3 shows a. top view oi the button. Fig. 4 is a sectional view through an alternative form which may be used when the button is employed on canvas or other flexible material.

in the drawings like letters of reference indicate correspondingparts in each figure.

Referring to the form shown more clearly in Figs. 2 and 3, a. is a stamped metal disk, havinga central, aperturi-d, cupped portion b, and an anni lzar groove c we tended downward into proximity with'ihe base 0. An eyelet o is received within the central aperture in the cupped portion and clamps the latter against. the base. An open slot It extends inward the g. 4 diliers only in that there are provided washers I and 0 on opposite sides of the base, the washer n being large and provided with an upward-projhctiu f bead p to cor'ipt-rate with the groove a. This form is designed .for use particularly with a base of textile or other flexible or yielding material.

One mode of use oi the buttons is shown in Fig. 1,

wherein is illustrated a file or hinder two of my buttons 1, m in the region of the binding. The binding cords, after being passed through the cover's j, k of the binder and the papers con tained therein, are led up through the eyelets g in the buttons, are then drawn sidewise downward into the slotsth. and finally wound in the space between the central cupped portion 6 and the groove (1, this grooved region to permit the cord to pass beneath.

represents any suitable form of button be used 'in conjunction with a cord to hold closed.' I

It will be seen that I have produced a button ing ahigh degree of strength and utility. cupped portion I rectly against the base by means of the eyelet, which,

as shown, is quite short. The formation provided with which may the binder possess- The central slot from the periphery of thedisk to a point on the botthe button is not seriously weakened since the slot does not extend all the way to the central aperture.

What I claim as my invention is:

in a fastening ot the cord and button type, the combL nation with a base, or a thin ineial disk having an annular groove extended downward into proximity with the base with its outer wall int-lined upward and outward ihercfrom. and a central cupped portion inclosed by said groove and havinga central aperture, and an eyelet received with in said aperture and clamping said cupped portion against the base. said disk having an open slot extending inward from its periphery across the groove and terminating at a point on the bottom of the cupped portion outside of the aperture therein. I

Signed at Ottawa. In the Province of Ontario, this 24th day of January. 1906.

Witnesses Rin. in. S. SMiu'r, WM. A. Wriuiv.

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